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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Decision Matrix | ![]() Business Strategy Scenario Planning | ![]() Decision Making Argument Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | SensemakingDecisionRationale |
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