Jointly formulates valid working rules and clarifies how the team handles expectations, conflicts, and reviews.
Core question: Which observable agreements help this team collaborate reliably and respectfully?
Operating practiceMethod form: Operating practice. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
45-90 min
3-12
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Compares stories relatively, surfaces knowledge gaps, and produces a shared estimate with traceable assumptions.
Core question: Which relative size can the delivery team support after independent selection, simultaneous reveal, and clarification of the highest and lowest assumptions?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-5 min je Item
3-9
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Sorts backlog items roughly by reference sizes and flags early on which items will later need splitting or clarification.
Core question: Which rough relative size class describes each comparable item using shared anchors without false precision or hidden point conversion?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
15-45 min
2-12
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "explain the ideal day unit", "calibrate with a reference item", and "do not confuse it with calendar days".
Core question: How many uninterrupted workdays does an item require under explicit ideal conditions, and which real calendar factors are planned separately?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
15-60 min
2-9
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "choose reference stories", "define the scale", and "interpret velocity only within the team".
Core question: How large is an item relative to known team stories when effort, complexity, and risk are considered together without translating points into hours?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
laufend, 1-5 min je Item
3-9
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "create a board with the four columns Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated", "carry over risks from earlier stages such as Risk Storming", and "update the board at every review".
Core question: How will each relevant risk be treated, and what must happen before the next review?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
20-40 min initial, dann laufend
3-15
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "briefly present the story or feature", "collect examples rule by rule", and "hand over the examples as acceptance tests".
Core question: Which concrete examples show that the business rule is correctly, completely, and testably understood?
Workshop methodMethod form: Workshop method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
60-90 min pro Feature
3-6
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "pin the story summary to the whiteboard", "write the happy path as Given-When-Then", and "copy the criteria into the story tool".
Core question: Which rules and examples must hold for this story to be accepted from a business perspective?
Workshop methodMethod form: Workshop method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
20-40 min pro Story
3-6
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Knowledge ModelingCategory: Knowledge Modeling. Describes the method's domain of use.
Existing vocabularies become reusable term candidates with ownership, versioning, and maintenance decisions attached.
Core question: How do we publish each term stably, understandably, linked, and versionable?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
Wochen bis Monate
2-8
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Product Backlog, Sprint Goal, Increment, and retrospective loops create a repeatable cadence for complex product work.
Core question: How does the Scrum Team create a usable Increment every Sprint and learn from outcome and ways of working?
FrameworkMethod form: Framework. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend
3-10 (Scrum Team)
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Product DiscoveryCategory: Product Discovery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Separates discovery and delivery so that validated stories only move into implementation after learning loops.
Core question: Which solution is valuable, usable, feasible, and viable enough for delivery?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.