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| Criterion |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | 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. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 20–45 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | Small cross-functional group | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |
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