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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
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 effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.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 size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend15-60 min30-90 min5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-93-123-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
EstimationEffortAgile
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
EstimationEffortRisk
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