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| Criterion |  Agile Ideal Days |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 60-90 min | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations |
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