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| Criterion |  Decision Making Radar |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | 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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60-180 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 4-20 | 3-12 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action Areas | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | AssessmentPortfolioCapability | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | ChangeDecisionStrategy | SensemakingDecisionRationale |