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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | laufend | 5-15 min | 1-2 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-20 | 4-12 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |