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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Delphi Method | ![]() Decision Making Pre-Mortem | ![]() Business Strategy Scenario Planning | ![]() 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 early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | 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 | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 20–45 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | Small cross-functional group | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis |



