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Criterion
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min daily1-4 Wochen45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
16-30 Experten2-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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