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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Purposedifferent
When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-62-81-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
DecisionTreeOptions
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay