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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.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.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min30-90 min1-3 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-85-304-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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