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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-302-83-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping