decision

Turns scope, ordering, and flow into a tangible result by collecting items, assigning must/should/could/won't categories, and finalizing the release set.

Core question: Which items must be included in the release, which are negotiable, and how much scope remains for stakeholder negotiation?

30-90 min

3-12

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result through defining the initiative, assuming failure, and assigning mitigations.

Core question: What reasons could cause the initiative to fail, and which mitigations can we build in now to reduce these risks?

20-45 min

4-10

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by defining scope, clarifying the Red Team role, and deriving mitigations.

Core question: Which attack vectors, weaknesses or entry paths overcome the artifact, and which of these vectors are likely enough to justify mitigation?

1-4 h

3-8

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by listing options, defining criteria, and checking result and sensitivity.

Core question: Which option achieves the highest weighted score, and which sensitivity cases influence the recommendation?

45-90 min

2-8

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by defining the decision question, collecting options and conditions, and discussing the best path.

Core question: Which option or rule emerges when conditions, consequences, and uncertainties are explicitly branched?

30-90 min

1-6

Turns group contributions, selection, and decision-making into a tangible result by defining the core question, choosing the sequence of hats, and deriving decision or next steps.

Core question: Which insights per thinking mode contribute to a more balanced assessment or decision on the guiding question?

45-90 min

4-12

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by naming an initiative, defining desired impact, and selecting the next smallest step.

Core question: Is this initiative worth starting now, and if so what is the smallest next step?

20-45 min

1-6

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by defining the decision, naming the driver and approver, and documenting decision and follow-up.

Core question: What decision does the Approver make based on Driver preparation and Contributor input, and who gets informed when and by whom?

30-60 min

2-10

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by delimiting the decision, assigning RAPID roles, and documenting the decision and action steps.

Core question: Which decision does the Decider make based on recommendation, Agreer approval and Performer feasibility?

45-90 min

3-12

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by defining the question and panel, querying in the first round, and deriving the outcome in the next round.

Core question: What range or which consensus emerges when experts give iterative, anonymous estimates on an uncertain future question?

1-4 Wochen

6-30 Experten

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by describing the change objective, collecting driving forces, and deriving interventions.

Core question: Which forces drive the desired change and which restrain it, and which interventions most strongly shift the balance?

45-90 min

3-12

Turns group inputs, selection, and decision-making into a tangible result by collecting problems silently, clustering and prioritizing, and choosing experiments.

Core question: Which problem is most important right now, and which concrete first step changes it in the next 14 days?

60-90 min

4-10

Clarifies workflows, data, causes, and improvements by framing the situation, analyzing the problem with is/is not, and planning risks and actions.

Core question: Which cause, decision, or risk measure can be derived through disciplined separation of facts, hypotheses, and decision criteria?

2-8 h

2-8

Clarifies options, criteria, and risks by framing the central question, recording the main claim, and marking weak spots.

Core question: Which claim is supported by which reasons and evidence, where are the counterarguments, and which gaps must be closed before a decision is made?

1-3 h

1-8

Clarifies concepts, relationships, and rules by framing the issue, collecting positions, and marking decisions or open questions.

Core question: Which positions answer the central issue, and which arguments support or challenge each position?

1-3 h

2-8

Clarifies options, criteria, and risks by framing the initiative or decision, collecting implicit assumptions, and planning tests or research.

Core question: Which implicit assumptions hold up the initiative, and which of them are so important and uncertain that we need to test them before implementation?

45-90 min

2-8

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by observing the situation, interpreting signals and context, and reviewing the effect of each cycle.

Core question: Which observation, orientation, decision, and action is one step ahead in the current loop, and which follow-up loop comes next?

15-60 min je Zyklus

1-8

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by collecting cases or challenges, explaining the Cynefin domains, and deriving the next actions.

Core question: In which Cynefin domain is each listed situation, and which response logic (Sense-Categorize-Respond through Act-Sense-Respond) is therefore appropriate?

60-180 min

4-20

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by framing the decision, collecting options, and documenting trade-offs and the decision.

Core question: Which option accepts which disadvantages, and which compromise best fits the decision criteria?

45-120 min

2-8

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by defining the problem or decision boundary, collecting constraints, and deriving design or decision rules.

Core question: Which hard and soft constraints limit the solution space, and which of them are negotiable?

30-90 min

2-8

Moves options, criteria, and risks toward a concrete result through "set the scales for likelihood and impact", "collect risks or carry them over from earlier identification", and "define actions for each high-risk item".

Core question: Where does each risk sit on probability-impact scale, and which risks need immediate action, which observation, which accepted exposure?

30-60 min

3-10

Moves options, criteria, and risks toward a concrete result through "identify key decision types", "collect roles", and "document and communicate the agreement".

Core question: Which role decides which type of decision, which roles are consulted before it, which are informed afterwards, and how do we make that binding?

90-180 min

4-12

Moves scope, order, and delivery flow toward a concrete result through "adopt the initiative list", "clarify value types for each initiative, such as revenue, efficiency, or risk", and "derive a sorted sequence".

Core question: How much does each week cost us when this initiative is not delivered, and in which order should we maximize avoided loss?

90-180 min

3-8

Moves target group, value, goals, and priorities toward a concrete result through "prepare the idea backlog", "define scales for I, C, and E", and "select top ideas for testing or building".

Core question: Which ideas give us the highest learning rate per effort and which should we intentionally exclude?

30-60 min

2-8

Links data, insights, beliefs, and bets so strategy and product decisions become traceable and reviewable.

Core question: On what basis, and with which Beliefs and Insights from which data, does the team take which Bet (decision)?

1-2 h

2-8

Uses a structured proposal and review process to make non-trivial technical or product changes discussable and decidable.

Core question: Which change does the team propose, with which rationale, alternatives and tradeoffs, and who decides by when?

1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung

3-20 Reviewer