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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Pre-Mortem | ![]() Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |
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