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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Strategy Map | ![]() Decision Making DACI | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-10 | 5-30 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |



