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| Criterion |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 45-120 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option |
Tagsno overlap | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs |