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Criterion
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Purposedifferent
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 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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h1-2 h60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-82-84-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
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DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
SensemakingDecisionRationale
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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