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| Criterion |  Agile Story Points |  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 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 | High |
Timedifferent | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 2-4 h Analyse, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-9 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | Constraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow Metrics |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationAgileMeasurement | OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement |
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