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Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufend60-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
14-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree