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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Operations RACI Matrix |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | 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. | With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | FailureResilienceRisk | RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |