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| Criterion |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  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 early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 20–45 min | 1-2 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Small cross-functional group | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |