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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | laufend | 1-3 h | 90-180 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 5-30 | 4-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |