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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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 a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.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.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.
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1-3 h5-15 min60-90 min90-180 min
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
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Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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