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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction 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 technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 h30-60 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-302-82-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
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