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| Criterion |  Agile Story Points |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Agile Ideal Days |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 1-4 Wochen | 15-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-9 | 6-30 Experten | 2-9 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationAgileMeasurement | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | EstimationEffortAgile |
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