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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  Agile Bucket System |  Facilitation Responsibility Poker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. | 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. | When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 20-45 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 1-8 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation |