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Criterion
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Purposedifferent
In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-60 min je Zyklus45-90 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-82-83-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
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DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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