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Criterion
Paper illustration for Story Points.
Agile
Story Points
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Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
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 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 roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
laufend, 1-5 min je Item15-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-92-93-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity DataIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
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EstimationAgileMeasurement
EstimationEffortAgile
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric