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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-90 min | 10-20 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 2-8 | 4-100+ | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | FacilitationOptionsDecision |