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| Criterion |  Agile Ideal Days |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | 1-8 | 3-12 | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | SensemakingDecisionRationale | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |