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| Criterion |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 20–45 min | 30-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Small cross-functional group | 1-6 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | DecisionTreeOptions | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |