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Criterion
Paper illustration for PERT Estimation.
Decision Making
PERT Estimation
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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 a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-6Small cross-functional group
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PERT Estimate, Expected Value, Risk NotesRAID Log, Status Report SourceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
EstimationUncertaintyRisk
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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