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Paper illustration for T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min1-2 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-124-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Size Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split CandidatesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
Tagsno overlap
EstimationAgileRoadmap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping