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Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-120 min20–45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-10Small cross-functional group2-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
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Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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Decision Making
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
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Trade-off Analysis