Versus pros and cons
A pros and cons list is a reasonable napkin. It rarely says how much each line weighs, which lines are assumptions, or what would reverse the call.
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SWOT describes a situation. It does not pick an option.
SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is a familiar workshop grid. It can help people talk. It does not, by itself, compare Option A against Option B with inspectable scores.
Useful as intake, weak as a verdict
If SWOT surfaces threats, those threats should become risk records attached to options. They should not remain four quadrants on a whiteboard.
Workshops hide weights
Groups fill quadrants until the loudest threat looks like the decision. Argumont makes weights explicit and keeps the preferred idea as a contestant.
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Turn the workshop into a contest
Argumont challenges assumptions, researches evidence, compares competing approaches, and identifies the strongest decision.
Turn the workshop into a contest