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Criterion
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur EntscheidungAs needed30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-20 Reviewer4-152-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Postmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
IncidentOperationsReliability
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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