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Criterion
Paper illustration for Open Space Technology.
Facilitation
Open Space Technology
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Purposedifferent
When a complex topic does not yet have a fitting agenda, Open Space Technology hands topic ownership back to the participants. The format suits questions that only move forward when real interest determines the order.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 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
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage60-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
20-500+4-106-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Session Marketplace, Proceedings, Action TopicsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB