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| Criterion |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | 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. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-120 min | 20–45 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-12 | Small cross-functional group | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |