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Criterion
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
Purposedifferent
For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.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.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Mehrere Tage bis Wochen1-3 h1-4 h15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
2-61-83-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
SensemakingDecisionRationale
RiskDecisionSensemaking
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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