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Criterion
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Purposedifferent
When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-9
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats
Tagsno overlap
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
EstimationEffortAgile
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Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
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