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Criterion
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Purposedifferent
Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.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 research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLowHigh
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen60-90 min45–90 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
4-124-103-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areasProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMetricsExecution
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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