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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 60–90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |
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