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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  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. | 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. | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 5-15 min | 2-6 h | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 3-20 | 2-8 | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |