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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-120 min | 60-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |