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Criterion
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
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.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.When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-81-20
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster
Tagsno overlap
SensemakingDecisionRationale
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
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Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping