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Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min15-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-102-94-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
EstimationEffortAgile
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model