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| Criterion |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  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. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | 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 | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | ICE Table, Top Idea List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tags1 shared | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |