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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 1-3 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 5-30 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |
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