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Criterion
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
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 group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min1-3 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-125-304-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
FacilitationOptionsDecision
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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