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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 4-12 | 4-12 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |