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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 Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
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.A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen2-5 min je Item1-4 h or multiple rounds
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten3-94-12 Experten
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split CandidatesEstimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
EstimationExpertsForecasting
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
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Product Strategy
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
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