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| Criterion |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Facilitation Responsibility Poker |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 1-6 | 3-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open Questions | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | DecisionTreeOptions | RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation | FacilitationOptionsDecision |