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| Criterion |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-12 | 3-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |