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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making RAPID | ![]() Decision Making Cynefin Workshop | ![]() Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | 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. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-180 min | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-20 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionRolesGovernance | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |
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