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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend60-180 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)4-203-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan
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AgileIterationCadence
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix