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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Purposedifferent
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.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen2-5 min je Item45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten3-94-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split CandidatesStarfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments
Tagsno overlap
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective