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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45-60 min | 60-120 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 2-8 | 5-12 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |