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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 30-60 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |
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