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Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
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Delivery
Communication Plan
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Agile
Ideal Days
Purposedifferent
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.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
laufend45-90 min15-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-122-62-9
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
EstimationEffortAgile
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Product Discovery
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