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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Delphi Method | ![]() Engineering Fault Isolation | ![]() Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping | ![]() Product Strategy DIBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | 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. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-180 min | 90-180 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 1-6 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis |



