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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Delivery Monte Carlo Forecasting |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min Setup, danach laufend | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-8 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | DecisionTreeOptions | ForecastingFlowDelivery | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |