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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  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. | When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait. | 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. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-90 min | 60-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 3-20 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |