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| Criterion |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 1-2 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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