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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |
|---|---|---|
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. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |
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