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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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 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 |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-30 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | FacilitationOptionsDecision |
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