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Criterion
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min90-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-203-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop