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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Agile NoEstimates |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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 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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | laufend | 60-120 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 2-12 | 5-12 | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | EstimationForecastingFlow | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |