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Criterion
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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 ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
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Timedifferent
45-120 min30-60 min90-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsICE Table, Top Idea ListCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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