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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time. | 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 a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 5-15 min | 15-45 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-20 | 1-10 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tags1 shared | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |