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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 1-2 h | 60-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 3-10 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |