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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Story Points | ![]() Team Design Spotify Model Mapping | ![]() Agile Bucket System | ![]() Agile Affinity Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 90-180 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-9 | 5-15 | 3-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationAgileMeasurement | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |



