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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
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.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.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend20–45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneSmall cross-functional group2-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
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Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
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ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing