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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Delphi Method | ![]() Agile Sailboat Retrospective | ![]() Decision Making OODA Loop | ![]() Agile Sprint Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia. | When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 15-60 min je Zyklus | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 4-12 | 1-8 | Scrum Team |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Improvement actions, Team agreements |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning |



