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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | ChangeDecisionStrategy | DecisionTreeOptions |
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