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Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
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.PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-60 min1-3 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-92-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsPESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
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EstimationEffortAgile
StrategyMarketAnalysis
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
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SWOT Analysis
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Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix