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Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing15-60 min je Zyklus30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-201-81-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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SignalsOperationsVisual management
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method