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| Criterion |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Decision Making Wideband Delphi |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes. | 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 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 | Low | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 h or multiple rounds | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-12 Experten | 6-30 Experten | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | EstimationExpertsForecasting | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |