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| Criterion |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | 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. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 30-90 min | 1-2 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tags1 shared | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | SensemakingDecisionRationale |