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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  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 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. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 60–90 min | 60-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 | 3-6 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |