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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Standard Work Analysis.
Operations
Standard Work Analysis
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 the same task is done differently depending on the person, the method exposes the reliable core. It creates comparability without unnecessarily choking off needed latitude.
Complexitydifferent
HighMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten2-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesStandard Work Sheet, Deviation List, Improved Standard, Training Needs
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
LeanProcessQuality
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop