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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  UX Research Surveys |  Innovation Design Thinking |  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 topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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 | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 3-14 Tage | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 50+ | 4-10 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | QuantitativeResearchValidation | InnovationPrototypeResearch | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |