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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
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 size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 5-20 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-20 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | EstimationEffortRisk | DecisionTreeOptions |
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