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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Purposedifferent
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.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.
Complexitydifferent
HighLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten1-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
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