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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-3 h20-60 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
1-202-812-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesPlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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