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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 45-120 min | 60–90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |