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Criterion
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify.When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min5-20 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-63-20Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationaleEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion TargetsInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
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BacklogIterationDelivery
EstimationEffortRisk
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation