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Paper illustration for T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
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Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Purposedifferent
When effort only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes.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 collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-123-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Size Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split CandidatesAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review Cadence
Tagsno overlap
EstimationAgileRoadmap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
TeamCollaborationAgile
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