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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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. | When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-3 h | 2-8 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-8 | 5-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | SensemakingDecisionRationale | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |