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Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.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
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Timedifferent
30-90 min90-180 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model