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Criterion
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Purposedifferent
When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-8Small cross-functional group
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
SMART Goal, Measurement Note, DeadlineRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
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GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis