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| Criterion |  Product Discovery User Story Mapping |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut. | 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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-90 min | 20–45 min | 5-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | Small cross-functional group | 3-20 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog Candidates | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | EstimationEffortRisk |