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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend1-3 h30-60 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)2-82-101-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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