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Criterion
Paper illustration of Double Diamond with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Double Diamond
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
For complex problems with a fuzzy situation, the method cleanly separates search space and decision. It first creates breadth in understanding and then focus in elaboration. This brings open questions, problem definition, and solution path into a traceable movement.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Wochen bis Monate45-120 min60–90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-82-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Solution Options, Prototypes, Deliverables per PhaseOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
Tagsno overlap
ProcessDivergenceInnovation
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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