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Criterion
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-90 min2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
2-62-4 pro Pitch3-123-9
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationalePitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
BacklogIterationDelivery
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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