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Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-60 min30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-91-65-30
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
EstimationEffortAgile
DecisionTreeOptions
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping