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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Operations ALPEN Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | 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. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 10-20 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 4-12 | 6-30 Experten | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations |