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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
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.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten1
Formatsame
AsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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Ivy Lee Method
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Operations
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Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay