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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Ideal Days | ![]() Engineering Goal Question Metric | ![]() Agile Story Points | ![]() UX Research HEART Framework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 90-180 min | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 120 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | 3-6 | 3-9 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | EstimationAgileMeasurement | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction |



