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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  UX Research Surveys |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Decision Making Option Framing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 3-14 Tage | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 50+ | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs |
Tagsno overlap | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | QuantitativeResearchValidation | InnovationPrototypeResearch | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison |