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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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.With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-3 h60-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-203-104-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesProcess Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
ProcessOperationsImprovement
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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