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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Nominal Group Technique | ![]() Facilitation Question Burst | ![]() Systems Thinking Rich Picture | ![]() 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. | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | 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 | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 15-30 min | 30-90 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-8 | 2-10 | 3-20 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |



