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Criterion
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 Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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.Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
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Timedifferent
60-90 min1-4 WochenHalf day1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-106-30 Experten3-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesValue Chain Map, Lever ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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