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| Criterion |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  DevOps Game Day |  Operations Learning Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 preparing for rare incidents, the method tests response capability under controlled conditions. It shows where assumptions about stability, roles, and recovery are too optimistic. | After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 20–45 min | Halber Tag | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Small cross-functional group | 5-20 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Simulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated Runbooks | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ResilienceOperationsIncident | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations |