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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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.Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
20–45 min1-5 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group4-121-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logLogic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation PlanDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ChangeSystems thinkingCapability
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Failure Scenario Analysis.
Engineering
Failure Scenario Analysis
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis