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Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Purposedifferent
For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.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.
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MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-60 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-811-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresPlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats