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Agile
Working Agreements
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UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
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 several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h15-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-82-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
EstimationEffortAgile
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