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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Agile Bucket System |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Agile Affinity Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | DecisionTreeOptions | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |