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Criterion
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Purposedifferent
When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen60-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews4-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
Tagsno overlap
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping