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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Delphi Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 30-90 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy |