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| Criterion |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | 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. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 60-120 min | 45-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |