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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Purposedifferent
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.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min60-90 min60–90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-102-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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