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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Purposedifferent
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.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.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.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min45-120 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-81-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
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OODA Loop
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
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Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
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Decision Framing Workshop