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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Strategy Impact 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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tags1 shared | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |
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