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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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 many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.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.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-60 min60-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten2-84-105-30
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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