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Criterion
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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.Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min0.5-3 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-125-152-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Postmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineRich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
Tagsno overlap
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for Incident Timeline Analysis.
DevOps
Incident Timeline Analysis