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| Criterion | ![]() DevOps Blameless Postmortem | ![]() Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree | ![]() Decision Making OODA Loop | ![]() Operations Causal Factor Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-6 h | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 1-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |



