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| Criterion |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  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 a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | 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 |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 20-40 min pro Story | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-6 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | FailureResilienceRisk | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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