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| Criterion |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 3-8 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | FailureResilienceRisk | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |