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Dot Voting vs Multi Voting

Developers should use Dot Voting during sprint planning, backlog grooming, or design workshops to democratically prioritize tasks, features, or solutions when team input is needed meets developers should use multi voting when working in teams to streamline decision-making processes, such as selecting features for a sprint, prioritizing bugs, or choosing technical solutions during planning meetings. Here's our take.

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Dot Voting

Developers should use Dot Voting during sprint planning, backlog grooming, or design workshops to democratically prioritize tasks, features, or solutions when team input is needed

Dot Voting

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Developers should use Dot Voting during sprint planning, backlog grooming, or design workshops to democratically prioritize tasks, features, or solutions when team input is needed

Pros

  • +It is particularly valuable in agile environments for reducing bias, fostering engagement, and efficiently narrowing down options from brainstorming sessions, such as when selecting user stories or technical approaches
  • +Related to: agile-methodologies, design-thinking

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Multi Voting

Developers should use Multi Voting when working in teams to streamline decision-making processes, such as selecting features for a sprint, prioritizing bugs, or choosing technical solutions during planning meetings

Pros

  • +It reduces bias and ensures that all voices are heard, making it particularly valuable in agile environments where rapid, collaborative decisions are essential for project efficiency and team alignment
  • +Related to: agile-methodologies, retrospectives

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Dot Voting if: You want it is particularly valuable in agile environments for reducing bias, fostering engagement, and efficiently narrowing down options from brainstorming sessions, such as when selecting user stories or technical approaches and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Multi Voting if: You prioritize it reduces bias and ensures that all voices are heard, making it particularly valuable in agile environments where rapid, collaborative decisions are essential for project efficiency and team alignment over what Dot Voting offers.

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The Bottom Line
Dot Voting wins

Developers should use Dot Voting during sprint planning, backlog grooming, or design workshops to democratically prioritize tasks, features, or solutions when team input is needed

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