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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Cynefin Workshop | ![]() Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 3-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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