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Criterion
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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Facilitation
Dot Voting
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Agile
Example Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min5-15 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-203-7
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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Nominal Group Technique
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Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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Agile
Specification by Example