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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 of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
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.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.
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Timedifferent
60-90 min1-4 WochenHalf day1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-106-30 Experten3-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesValue Chain Map, Lever ListBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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