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| Criterion |  Decision Making Wideband Delphi |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Decision Making Option Framing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes. | 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. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h or multiple rounds | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Experten | 4-12 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationExpertsForecasting | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison |