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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | 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. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | ChangeDecisionStrategy |