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Criterion
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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 a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-30 min1-4 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action PlanProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
SensemakingDecisionRationale
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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