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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|
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 topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FacilitationOptionsDecision | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |
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