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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 5-15 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-20 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | ICE Table, Top Idea List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |