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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
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
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
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min0.5-2 Tage1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-84-121-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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