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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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. | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. | 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 | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-3 h | 2-8 h | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FailureResilienceRisk | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |