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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend45-120 min30-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-82-84-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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