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Criterion
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Purposedifferent
When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify.When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-5 min je Item30-60 min1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-92-63-10 (Scrum Team)3-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Relative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split CandidatesSmaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationaleProduct Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
Tagsno overlap
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
BacklogIterationDelivery
AgileIterationCadence
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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