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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 5-15 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-20 | 2-8 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |