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| Criterion |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | 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. | 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. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 45-90 min | 20–45 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List |
Tags1 shared | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment |