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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-121-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Rights Matrix, AgreementConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
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Decision Making
Red Teaming
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Decision Making
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