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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
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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.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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend20–45 min45-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneSmall cross-functional group2-82-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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