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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Working Backwards |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen | 20–45 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | Small cross-functional group | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision Statement | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions |
Tagsno overlap | VisionNarrativeAlignment | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FailureResilienceRisk |
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