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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-3 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 5-30 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |
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