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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
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Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration for T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
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 effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.When effort only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend15-60 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)2-92-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsSize Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split Candidates
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AgileIterationCadence
EstimationEffortAgile
EstimationAgileRoadmap
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Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop