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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
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.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List.When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend45-120 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-83-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted DownsidesRisk Matrix, Top Risk ListDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
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