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Criterion
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
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.For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-63-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListBottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures
Tagsno overlap
DecisionTreeOptions
FlowMeasurementConstraints
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
Operations
Theory of Constraints
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis