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Criterion
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Purposedifferent
When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.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.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-180 min45-90 minAs needed
Participantsdifferent
4-203-84-15
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder Updates
Tagsno overlap
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
IncidentOperationsReliability
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Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem