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| Criterion |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. | 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 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 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 45-90 min | 60-180 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-12 | 4-20 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionSensemaking | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |