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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Decision Making RAPID |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | 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 complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | DecisionRolesGovernance |
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