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Method sketches.

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AgileWorkshop methodLow

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".

Open method

Sources

Cucumber: Introducing Example Mappingcucumber.io

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AgileDecision methodMedium

Affinity Estimation

Has the team group items silently, discusses deviations, and produces consistent relative size pictures.

Open method

Sources

Affinity Estimationmountaingoatsoftware.com

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AgileDecision methodMedium

Bucket System

Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "prepare buckets and scale", "place reference items", and "flag large or unclear items".

Open method

Sources

Agile Advice (Web Archive): Agile Estimation with the Bucket Systemweb.archive.org

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AgileWorkshop methodLow

Example Mapping

Gathers rules, examples, and open questions for a story so the business logic can be checked before implementation.

Open method

Sources

Example Mapping | Cucumbercucumber.io

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AgileDecision methodLow

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".

Open method

Sources

Ideal Daysmountaingoatsoftware.com

M

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AgileFacilitation methodLow

Mad Sad Glad

Collects emotional signals from the team, clusters them into themes, and makes real conversation topics visible.

Open method

Sources

Retrium: Mad, Sad, Gladsupport.retrium.com

N

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AgileDecision methodMedium

NoEstimates

Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "clarify the planning question", "slice work smaller", and "calibrate regularly with reality".

Open method

Sources

NoEstimatesprokanban.org

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AgileDecision methodLow

Planning Poker

Compares stories relatively, surfaces knowledge gaps, and produces a shared estimate with traceable assumptions.

Open method

Sources

Planning Pokermountaingoatsoftware.com

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AgileDecision methodLow

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".

Open method

Sources

U.S. Department of Commerce Agile Framework and Guidebookcommerce.gov

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AgileFacilitation methodLow

Sailboat Retrospective

Makes a team's winds, anchors, risks, and target picture visible and turns the review into prioritized improvements.

Open method

Sources

Mark Summers: Sailboat Retrospectiveexploringagility.com Luke Hohmann: Speed Boatlukehohmann.com

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AgileFrameworkMedium

Scrum

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

Open method

Sources

The 2020 Scrum Guidescrumguides.org

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AgileWorkshop methodMedium

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".

Open method

Sources

Cucumber: Behaviour-Driven Developmentcucumber.io

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AgileFacilitation methodLow

Sprint Retrospective

Makes patterns from a sprint visible and derives concrete improvements for the next work cycle.

Open method

Sources

The 2020 Scrum Guidescrumguides.org

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AgileFacilitation methodLow

Starfish Retrospective

Sorts practices into Start, Stop, More, Less, and Keep, so routine changes get chosen more deliberately.

Open method

Sources

Patrick Kua: The Retrospective Starfishthekua.com

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AgileFacilitation methodLow

Start Stop Continue

Sorts team feedback into start, stop, and continue so the retrospective produces clear next steps.

Open method

Sources

5 fun sprint retrospective ideas with templates - Inside Atlassianatlassian.com A Simple Way to Run a Sprint Retrospective - Mike Cohn / Mountain Goat Softwaremountaingoatsoftware.com

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AgileDecision methodMedium

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".

Open method

Sources

Story Pointsmountaingoatsoftware.com

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AgilePlanning toolMedium

Story Splitting

Splits stories that are too large into smaller testable slices while keeping value, dependencies, and interfaces in view.

Open method

Sources

Story Splitting | Agile Allianceagilealliance.org

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AgileDecision methodLow

T-Shirt Sizing

Sorts backlog items roughly by reference sizes and flags early on which items will later need splitting or clarification.

Open method

Sources

T-Shirt Sizingatlassian.com

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AgileFacilitation methodLow

Three Amigos

Brings business, development, and testing together before implementation to clarify a story's examples, rules, and edge cases.

Open method

Sources

Three Amigos | Agile Allianceagilealliance.org User Story Conversations | Agile Allianceagilealliance.org

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AgileOperating practiceLow

Working Agreements

Jointly formulates valid working rules and clarifies how the team handles expectations, conflicts, and reviews.

Open method

Sources

Atlassian Working Agreements · original teaching exampleatlassian.com

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AgileDecision methodHigh

WSJF

Weighs work by business value, urgency, risk, and effort so that sequencing becomes economically justifiable.

Open method

Sources

Weighted Shortest Job First · Scaled Agile Frameworkframework.scaledagile.com

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AgileFacilitation methodLow

4Ls Retrospective

Sorts review, learning points, and friction into Liked, Learned, Lacked, and Longed For for concrete improvements.

Open method

Sources

The 4 Ls Retrospective Technique | Atlassianatlassian.com