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Criterion
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Game Day workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Game Day
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Purposedifferent
For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.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.In preparing for rare incidents, the method tests response capability under controlled conditions. It shows where assumptions about stability, roles, and recovery are too optimistic.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 hHalber Tag1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-61-85-202-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleSimulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated RunbooksIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tagsno overlap
DecisionTreeOptions
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ResilienceOperationsIncident
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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