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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Innovation Starbursting |  Decision Making OODA Loop |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 15-60 min je Zyklus | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-10 | 1-8 | 10-50 |
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 | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |