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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 h | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-8 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | RiskDecisionSensemaking | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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