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| Criterion |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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. | 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 a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 20–45 min | 2-6 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | Small cross-functional group | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | Root causeQualityOperations |