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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision 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.The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hMultiple workshops over several weeks30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-81-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
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