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| Criterion |  Operations Time Blocking |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min Planung, laufend | 60-90 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningTime managementFocus | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision |