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| Criterion |  Agile Ideal Days |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Growth A/B Testing |  Facilitation Dot 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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 20–45 min | 1-4 Wochen | 5-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | Small cross-functional group | 1-6 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | EstimationEffortRisk |