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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-120 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |
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