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Criterion
Paper illustration for VMGS
Business Strategy
VMGS
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently.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.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
2-4 h1-4 Wochen1-2 Tage1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-126-30 Experten1-42-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, StrategiesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
VisionGoalsStrategy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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