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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 4-12 | 5-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tags1 shared | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |