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| Criterion |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When a release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 90-180 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | FailureResilienceRisk | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | PrioritizationScopeDecision | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |