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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
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
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Ongoing45-90 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
2-202-82-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Chat Transcript, Action Log, AutomationsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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CollaborationEngineeringIncident
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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