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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 3-8 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |
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