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| Criterion |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |
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