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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing60-120 min45-90 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-204-102-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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