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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 1-3 h | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 3-8 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FailureResilienceRisk | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |
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