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| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60-180 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-20 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |
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