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| Criterion |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 1-3 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 4-10 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | SensemakingDecisionRationale |
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