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Criterion
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
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Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Purposedifferent
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min Setup, danach laufend6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-90 minlaufend
Participantsdifferent
1-82-4 pro Pitch2-62-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules
Tagsno overlap
ForecastingFlowDelivery
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
EstimationForecastingFlow
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