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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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 decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tags1 shared | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |
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