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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45-120 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 2-8 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs |