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Agile
NoEstimates
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Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
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Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
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.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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
laufend30-90 min Setup, danach laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-121-81-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
ForecastingFlowDelivery
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
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Decision Making
Three-Point Estimation
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping