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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 Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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 estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min5-15 min2-5 min je Item30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-203-93-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split CandidatesBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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