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Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument 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 problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-30 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-62-81-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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DecisionTreeOptions
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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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 for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam