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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 5-12 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tags1 shared | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FacilitationOptionsDecision |
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