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| Criterion |  Delivery Monte Carlo Forecasting |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min Setup, danach laufend | 30-90 min | 20–45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingFlowDelivery | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |