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| Criterion |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-100+ | 3-10 | 5-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |
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