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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop |