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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.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.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 min30-90 min Setup, danach laufend1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-101-85-304-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ForecastingFlowDelivery
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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