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Criterion
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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
HighLowLowLow
Timedifferent
Mehrere Tage bis Wochen1-2 h45-90 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
2-62-82-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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