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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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 |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 20–45 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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