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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | 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. | 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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 30-90 min | 20–45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |