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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Innovation Starbursting |  Decision Making OODA Loop |  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 | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-10 | 1-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |