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| Criterion |  Growth A/B Testing |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 5-30 | 5-12 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |