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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-20 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 30-90 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 3-10 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortRisk | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |