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Criterion
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
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 there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
HighLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h or multiple rounds30-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Experten2-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus NotesObservation Notes, Improvement Ideas
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EstimationExpertsForecasting
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A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event