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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | 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. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-6 Wochen | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 5-30 | 4-10 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |