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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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 goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 15-30 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 1-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | FlowMeasurementConstraints |
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