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| Criterion |  Business Strategy VMGS |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |  Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently. | 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 three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-3 h | 15-45 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 5-30 | 2-8 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, Strategies | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | VisionGoalsStrategy | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |