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Criterion
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.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
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 h or multiple rounds20-45 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Experten1-106-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus NotesBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key EventsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
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EstimationExpertsForecasting
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
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