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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 2-8 | 1-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | SensemakingDecisionRationale | FacilitationOptionsDecision |