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Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
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 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.When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing45-120 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-203-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
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SignalsOperationsVisual management
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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