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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of a scoring table with four factor columns, a calculator and three ordered initiative cards.
Product Strategy
RICE Scoring
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
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 many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable.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.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min60-90 min1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-102-105-304-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsRICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption LogConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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