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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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 it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20–45 min45-90 min30-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group3-102-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
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