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Criterion
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed 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
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 h or multiple rounds45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Experten4-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus NotesPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
EstimationExpertsForecasting
FacilitationOptionsDecision
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model