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| Criterion |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved. | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 5-30 | 4-12 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScopeDecision | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |