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| Criterion |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 10-20 min | 60-90 min | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-100+ | 4-10 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | FailureResilienceRisk | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |