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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 5-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |
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