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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Purposedifferent
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 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 deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 Wochen30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-126-30 Experten3-123-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
ChangeDecisionStrategy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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