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| Criterion |  Business Strategy VMGS |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Decision Making Delphi Method |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-120 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, Strategies | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes |
Tagsno overlap | VisionGoalsStrategy | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy |
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