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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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