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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-45 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-10 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |
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