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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h1-2 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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