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Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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 an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-61-62-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
DecisionTreeOptions
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping