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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Nominal Group Technique | ![]() Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud | ![]() Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. | 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 | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |



