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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  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. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | 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 | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 5-15 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 3-20 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |
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