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Criterion
Paper illustration of a scoring table with four factor columns, a calculator and three ordered initiative cards.
Product Strategy
RICE Scoring
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable.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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
60-90 min45-120 min45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption LogOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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