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Criterion
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Purposedifferent
When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.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
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Timedifferent
5-15 min10-20 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-204-100+3-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop