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Criterion
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Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
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Agile
Story Points
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 a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-60 min30-60 minlaufend, 1-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
2-92-63-9
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsPoint Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data
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EstimationEffortAgile
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
EstimationAgileMeasurement
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
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Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
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Facilitation
Dot Estimation
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Engineering
Goal Question Metric