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Criterion
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
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.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
LowMedium
Timedifferent
15-60 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-93-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsGQM Table, Metric Profiles
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EstimationEffortAgile
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
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Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation