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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.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 it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-3 h45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-205-303-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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