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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-4 Wochen | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tags1 shared | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |
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