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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Map |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results. | 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. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | 5-15 min | 10-20 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-20 | 4-100+ | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |