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Criterion
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Game Day workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Game Day
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Purposedifferent
CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.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.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.
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Timedifferent
45-90 minHalber Tag30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-85-202-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsSimulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated RunbooksRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
ResilienceOperationsIncident
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology