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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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.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.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend20–45 min45-90 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)Small cross-functional group3-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
DecisionRolesGovernance
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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