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Criterion
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Purposedifferent
It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min1-2 h60-120 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
1-63-105-123-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Eisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
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PrioritizationFocusTasks
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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