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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h30-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-123-123-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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