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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Purposedifferent
When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.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 a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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