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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min10-20 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-100+5-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
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Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming