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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 4-12 | 5-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |
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