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Criterion
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Purposedifferent
When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min20–45 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Small cross-functional group1-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
DecisionTreeOptions
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Failure Scenario Analysis.
Engineering
Failure Scenario Analysis