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Criterion
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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 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
LowLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min60-90 min1-4 Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-104-106-30 Experten4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
VUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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