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Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing45-120 min1-3 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-123-82-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
Tagsno overlap
FlowVisual managementDelivery
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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