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Working Agreements

Turns team flow, expectations, and delivery rhythm into a tangible result by clarifying work context, collecting expectations, and setting a review cadence.

Core question: Which concrete behavior expectations make collaboration easier, and which of them does the team want to commit to?

Operating practiceLowWorkshop
45-90 min
3-12

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Planning Poker

Turns backlog, sprint work, and team flow into a tangible result by presenting the item, clarifying questions, and discussing deviations before estimating again.

Core question: How large is this item relative to our reference stories, and which assumptions or risks drive variance within the group?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
2-5 min je Item
3-9

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T-Shirt Sizing

Turns backlog, sprint work, and team flow into a tangible result by explaining the scale, choosing reference items, and marking large items.

Core question: Which size class does each item fall into relative to our references, and which items are so large that they must be cut before planning?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
15-45 min
2-12

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Ideal Days

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 ideal days are needed for this item under focused work, and what assumptions about interruptions, dependencies, and uncertainty are made?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
15-60 min
2-9

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Story Points

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 this item relative to our reference stories, considering scope, complexity, risk and uncertainty?

Decision methodMediumWorkshop + async
laufend, 1-5 min je Item
3-9

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ROAM Board

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: Which risks are in which follow-up state, who is responsible, and which need movement between columns now?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
20-40 min initial, dann laufend
3-15

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Specification by Example

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 describe the business logic unambiguously enough to serve as executable tests?

Workshop methodMediumWorkshop
60-90 min pro Feature
3-6

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Acceptance Criteria Workshop

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 concrete, testable criteria describe the happy path, edge cases, and negative paths of this story so clearly that all three roles share the same Definition of Done?

Workshop methodLowWorkshop
20-40 min pro Story
3-6

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Knowledge Modeling

Linked Open Terms

Existing vocabularies become reusable term candidates with ownership, versioning, and maintenance decisions attached.

Core question: How does the team deliver the ontology in iterative, releasable increments that cover Competency Questions and are usable by consumers?

Process modelMediumWorkshop + async
Wochen bis Monate
2-8

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Scrum

Product Backlog, Sprint Goal, Increment, and retrospective loops create a repeatable cadence for complex product work.

Core question: Which incrementally deliverable, valuable Sprint Goal will the team pursue in the next 1-4 weeks, and how will it adapt its approach based on sprint results?

FrameworkMediumWorkshop + async
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend
3-10 (Scrum Team)

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Product Discovery

Dual-Track Agile

Verbindet kontinuierliche Product Discovery mit laufender Delivery, damit Teams lernen und liefern, ohne beides zu vermischen.

Core question: Which assumption does Discovery test in this sprint, which validated story enters Delivery, and how is handoff between both tracks kept continuous?

Process modelMediumWorkshop + async
Laufend, Wochen bis Monate
4-10

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