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| Criterion |  Decision Making RAPID |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 5-30 | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionRolesGovernance | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision |