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| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 2-6 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | ChangeDecisionStrategy |
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