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| Criterion |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min | 45-90 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-100+ | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |
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