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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.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
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Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen2-8 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten2-81-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk PlanBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Iceberg Model method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Iceberg Model
Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Archetypes
A paper-based illustration representing Wardley Mapping with its core stages and visible working result.
Systems Thinking
Wardley Mapping