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Criterion
ChatOps workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
ChatOps
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing45-120 min1-2 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-203-84-124-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Chat Transcript, Action Log, AutomationsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationEngineeringIncident
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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