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| Criterion |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 60-180 min | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-20 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |