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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
20–45 min1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group4-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRAID Log, Status Report SourceDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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