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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 1-3 h | 90-180 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 5-30 | 4-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |