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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-90 min | 60-120 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 5-12 | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |