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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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 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
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-60 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-93-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
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OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
EstimationEffortAgile
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
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Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis