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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min45-90 min1-5 Tage45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-102-8Nutzertraffic2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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