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| Criterion |  Innovation Starbursting |  Agile Bucket System |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |
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