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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Innovation Contradiction Analysis | ![]() Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 45-60 min | 60-120 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |



