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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Responsibility Poker |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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 it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-30 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open Questions | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |