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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 20–45 min | 30-60 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | Small cross-functional group | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |