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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
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 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.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min5-15 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-203-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop