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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-20 min | 1-2 h | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortRisk | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |