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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Agile Story Points |  Agile ROAM Board |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-20 min | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 3-9 | 3-15 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | ROAM Board, Owner List | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortRisk | EstimationAgileMeasurement | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |