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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 45-120 min | 60–90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |