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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 30-90 min | 30-240 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | DecisionTreeOptions | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |