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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-10 | 4-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FacilitationOptionsDecision | DecisionTreeOptions |