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| Criterion |  Agile Ideal Days |  Agile ROAM Board |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  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. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 20–45 min | 5-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | 3-15 | Small cross-functional group | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | ROAM Board, Owner List | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | EstimationEffortRisk |