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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Agile Bucket System |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 10-50 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |