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| Criterion |  Agile Story Points |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Agile T-Shirt Sizing |  Operations Theory of Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | When effort only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes. | For a system that does not get faster despite effort, the method directs attention to the bottleneck. It concentrates improvement on the point that actually limits throughput. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 1-3 h | 15-45 min | 2-4 h Analyse, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-9 | 3-8 | 2-12 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Size Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split Candidates | Constraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow Metrics |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationAgileMeasurement | FlowMeasurementConstraints | EstimationAgileRoadmap | OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement |