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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  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. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | 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. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 1-2 h | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 | 4-12 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |