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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 5-30 | 10-50 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |