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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Product Strategy DIBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 90-180 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report |
Tags1 shared | DecisionTreeOptions | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis |