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Criterion
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Laufend, Wochen bis Monate20–45 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-10Small cross-functional group2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte StoriesRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree