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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration for T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.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 effort only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing30-60 min15-60 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-201-52-92-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsSize Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
EstimationEffortAgile
EstimationAgileRoadmap
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