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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Purposedifferent
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.When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30-90 minLaufend, Wochen bis Monate2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-124-103-9
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte StoriesRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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