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Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
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Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
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 complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-60 min45-90 min2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
2-93-123-9
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
EstimationEffortAgile
DecisionRolesGovernance
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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Affinity Estimation
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping