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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
20–45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend45-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-82-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logRAID Log, Status Report SourceAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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