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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
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.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 laufend60–90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-101-82-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ForecastingFlowDelivery
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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