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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Innovation Starbursting |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Innovation Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-10 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | ChangeDecisionStrategy | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |