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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20–45 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend5-20 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group3-153-202-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logROAM Board, Owner ListEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion TargetsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
EstimationEffortRisk
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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