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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Operations MORT Analysis |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | Root causeSafetySystemicIncident | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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