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Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min30-90 min Setup, danach laufend15-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-121-82-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats
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EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
ForecastingFlowDelivery
EstimationEffortAgile
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