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| Criterion |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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 a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tags1 shared | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | DecisionTreeOptions | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision |