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Criterion
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min10-20 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-100+1-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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Innovation
Brainwriting
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Innovation
Brainstorming