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| Criterion |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
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 tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FailureResilienceRisk | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | DecisionTreeOptions |
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