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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-124-124-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
StrategyMetricsExecution
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping