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Criterion
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Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration for Story Points.
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.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.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
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-60 min90-180 minlaufend, 1-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
2-93-63-9
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsGQM Table, Metric ProfilesPoint Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data
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EstimationEffortAgile
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Product Strategy
KPI Tree
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Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
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Facilitation
Dot Estimation
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UX Research
HEART Framework