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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 60-90 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior |
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