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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-120 min | 15-30 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-12 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |