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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 90-180 min | 30-60 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 4-12 | 4-12 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |