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Criterion
Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Purposedifferent
When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
OngoingLaufend, Wochen bis Monate2-5 min je Item30-90 min Setup, danach laufend
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte StoriesRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split CandidatesForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication
Tagsno overlap
FlowVisual managementDelivery
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
ForecastingFlowDelivery
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