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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 for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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 process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighHigh
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend20–45 min2-6 h2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneSmall cross-functional group3-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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