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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Nominal Group Technique | ![]() Innovation Design Charrette | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting | ![]() 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | 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 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 5-15 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 10-50 | 3-20 | 4-100+ |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |



