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Criterion
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
5-15 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-202-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop