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| Criterion |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 30-180 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-6 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | ChangeDecisionStrategy | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |