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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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 | 20–45 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | Small cross-functional group | 5-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |
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