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Criterion
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
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Timedifferent
60-120 min1-4 Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-106-30 Experten4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram