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Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking.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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.
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MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-4 Wochen60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-106-30 Experten4-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority ActionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis