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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45-60 min | 1-3 h | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 2-8 | 5-30 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |