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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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.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.
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MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-126-30 Experten3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
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KnowledgeMappingRisk
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ChangeDecisionStrategy
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