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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |