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| Criterion |  Decision Making Wideband Delphi |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Agile Affinity Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h or multiple rounds | 45-60 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Experten | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationExpertsForecasting | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |
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