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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Operations 5 Whys |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | 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. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | laufend | 1-3 h | 15-30 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 5-30 | 2-6 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |