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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
1-82-85-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree