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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Purposedifferent
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 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 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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-90 min60–90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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