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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning 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.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.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.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-90 min45-90 min2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
1-103-123-103-9
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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