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Criterion
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Purposedifferent
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h45-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-122-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted DownsidesPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
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StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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