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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam | ![]() UX Research Empathy Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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 lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 60-90 min | 30–60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 4-10 | 4-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop |
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