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Criterion
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-3 h1-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-81-83-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
CoD Table, Prioritization SequenceArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tags1 shared
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
SensemakingDecisionRationale
RiskDecisionSensemaking
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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