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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Working Backwards |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Agile ROAM Board |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen | 1-3 h | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 3-15 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision Statement | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | ROAM Board, Owner List | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | VisionNarrativeAlignment | FailureResilienceRisk | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |