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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.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 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 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
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30-90 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)1-65-304-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
DecisionTreeOptions
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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