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Criterion
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Purposedifferent
IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-84-121-86-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Issue Map, Positions, Argument NotesBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
Tagsno overlap
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
StrategyMetricsExecution
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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