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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 6-30 Experten | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | FacilitationOptionsDecision | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |