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Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Purposedifferent
When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-125-305-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
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Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All