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Criterion
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Purposedifferent
When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
60-180 minlaufend1-4 Wochen30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-202-126-30 Experten1-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
EstimationForecastingFlow
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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