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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Agile Bucket System |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | FacilitationOptionsDecision | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |