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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Innovation Crazy 8s |  Product Discovery Assumption 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. | With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 8-15 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 1-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Sketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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