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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-60 min45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
12-81-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
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Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping