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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making Option Framing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | 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. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 60-120 min | 1-2 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison |