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Criterion
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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 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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
90-180 min5-15 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
3-83-202-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
CoD Table, Prioritization SequenceRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving