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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  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 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. | 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 | 1-3 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-20 | 5-30 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |