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Paper illustration for T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.
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Timedifferent
15-45 min1-4 WochenWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
2-126-30 Experten3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Size Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split CandidatesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
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EstimationAgileRoadmap
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
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Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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Product Strategy
Counter Metrics