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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 2-4 h | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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