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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-120 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |
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