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Criterion
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
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.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
60-120 min1-6 Wochen10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
5-124-104-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action PlanIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
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FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Facilitation
Dot Voting
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Decision Making
Pareto Analysis
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Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming