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Criterion
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Business Strategy
VMGS
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 h15-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-81-31-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, StrategiesDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportADR File, Decision Log, RationaleArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
VisionGoalsStrategy
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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