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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 60-120 min | 30-60 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 5-12 | 3-10 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |