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Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Purposedifferent
With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
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ProcessOperationsImprovement
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis