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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 5-15 min | 60-120 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-20 | 3-6 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |