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Criterion
ChatOps workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
ChatOps
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing45-90 min30-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-202-83-122-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Chat Transcript, Action Log, AutomationsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanPostmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationEngineeringIncident
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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