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Criterion
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
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 a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-61-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
DecisionTreeOptions
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
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Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam