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Criterion
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
5-15 min1-4 Wochen60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-206-30 Experten5-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
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FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay