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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Delivery Shape Up |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | laufend | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 4-10 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |