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| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | FailureResilienceRisk | RiskDecisionSensemaking | RationaleKnowledgeDecision |