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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h90-180 min60-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-84-124-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
SensemakingDecisionRationale
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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