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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 45-90 min | 1-5 Tage | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 3-12 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |