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Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
laufend1-3 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-123-126-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
KnowledgeMappingRisk
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping