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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Systems Thinking VUCA Scan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-180 min | 20–45 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-20 | Small cross-functional group | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | VUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight |