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Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
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.When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List.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
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
laufend30-60 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-123-106-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesRisk Matrix, Top Risk ListExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Wideband Delphi
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