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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
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 problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-4 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 3-8 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |
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