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| Criterion |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Agile ROAM Board |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-15 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | ROAM Board, Owner List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | FailureResilienceRisk | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |