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| Criterion |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | 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. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 45-120 min | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | FailureResilienceRisk | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |