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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 5-15 min | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 4-10 | 3-20 | 5-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | InnovationPrototypeResearch | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |