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Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-120 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-85-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
Tagsno overlap
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
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