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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.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.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.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing30-90 min1-2 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-201-62-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
DecisionTreeOptions
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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