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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tags1 shared | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |