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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Purposedifferent
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 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 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 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
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-90 min30-60 min2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-122-63-9
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsSmaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationaleRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
BacklogIterationDelivery
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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