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Criterion
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Purposedifferent
When a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.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
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h30-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
4-103-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsTeam API DocumentRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
JourneyServiceService design
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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