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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  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. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | 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 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 | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 30-60 min | 5-15 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-8 | 3-20 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |