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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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