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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
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 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.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min2-8 h60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-105-124-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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