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| Criterion |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationOptionsDecision | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |