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Criterion
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
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Delivery
Cost of Delay
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
5-15 min1-3 h90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
KnowledgeMappingRisk
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping