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| Criterion |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Operations 5 Whys |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 15-30 min | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 6-30 Experten | 2-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan |
Tagsno overlap | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations |