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Criterion
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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 effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-120 min15-60 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
5-122-93-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
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FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
EstimationEffortAgile
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
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1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
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Dot Estimation