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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen60-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten4-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling