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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy Impact Mapping | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam | ![]() Decision Making Constraint Analysis | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 30-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |



