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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|
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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 1-3 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |
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