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| Criterion |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Facilitation Problem Framing Workshop |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other. | 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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 60-120 min | 1-3 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-10 | 1-8 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionSensemaking | FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery | SensemakingDecisionRationale | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |