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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
Purposedifferent
When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen20–45 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
6-30 ExpertenSmall cross-functional group2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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A3 Problem Solving