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Criterion
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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.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 topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
laufend30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-121-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
DecisionTreeOptions
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting