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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min90-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-83-82-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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