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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Purposedifferent
When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend30-90 min2-5 min je Item20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-123-93-15
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split CandidatesROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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