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Criterion
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Agile
Ideal Days
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Agile
Story Points
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Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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 teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data.When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-60 minlaufend, 1-5 min je Item20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
2-93-93-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsPoint Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity DataAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tags1 shared
EstimationEffortAgile
EstimationAgileMeasurement
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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Example Mapping
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Agile
Specification by Example
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Facilitation
Dot Estimation