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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Purposedifferent
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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.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
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h45-120 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-82-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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