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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Agile Bucket System |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Agile Affinity Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-90 min | 90-180 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |