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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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