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| Criterion |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60–90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 15-200 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |