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| Criterion |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 4-10 | 3-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationOptionsDecision | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | DecisionTreeOptions |