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Criterion
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
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Timedifferent
laufendHalf day45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-123-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesLeverage Map, Action StrategyAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Decision Making
Delphi Method
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Product Strategy
DIBB
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Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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Decision Making
OODA Loop