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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.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
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min60-180 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-124-201-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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TimelineFacilitationSequence
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming