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Paper illustration for PERT Estimation.
Decision Making
PERT Estimation
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Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
On complex initiatives, a plain average tends to understate just how uncertain the outcome really is. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a PERT Estimate, Expected Value, and Risk Notes.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.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.
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Timedifferent
15-45 min30-90 min Setup, danach laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81-82-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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PERT Estimate, Expected Value, Risk NotesForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
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EstimationUncertaintyRisk
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AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration for Three-Point Estimation.
Decision Making
Three-Point Estimation
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay