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| Criterion |  Agile Ideal Days |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Agile Bucket System |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 60–90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |
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