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Criterion
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Purposedifferent
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.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.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-4 Wochen45-120 min15-60 min je Zyklus
Participantsdifferent
3-86-30 Experten2-61-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
CoD Table, Prioritization SequenceExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
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