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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Agile Affinity Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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 many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-3 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 5-30 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |
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