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Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
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Timedifferent
45-120 min45-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted DownsidesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
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TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis