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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy 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. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 4-10 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |