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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Engineering Fault Isolation |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-240 min | 30-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering |
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