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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Engineering Kanban |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | Ongoing | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FlowVisual managementDelivery | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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