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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Purposedifferent
When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-203-20
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
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Open Space Technology