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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Growth A/B Testing |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |