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| Criterion |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 45-90 min | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-12 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionSensemaking | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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