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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Growth A/B Testing |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 1-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | FailureResilienceRisk |
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