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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Innovation Brainwriting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 15-45 min | 45-120 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 1-10 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas |