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Criterion
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.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.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 Wochen60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-86-30 Experten4-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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