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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min45-120 min
Participantssame
2-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis