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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 Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-120 min
Participantssame
2-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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