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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 1-3 h | 45–90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 5-30 | 3-10 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |