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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 1-3 h | 60-90 min | 30-240 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-8 | 4-10 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | SensemakingDecisionRationale | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis |