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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.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 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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-4 Wochen1-3 h90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
4-106-30 Experten5-304-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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