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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | LeanStartupValidationMVP |
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