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Criterion
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Purposedifferent
When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10Small cross-functional group
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis