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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting | ![]() Facilitation Nominal Group Technique | ![]() Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 5-12 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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