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| Criterion |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making OODA Loop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min | 15-60 min je Zyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates |
Tagsno overlap | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy |