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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Innovation Brainwriting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 60-120 min | 60-120 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-6 | 5-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas |