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Criterion
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Purposedifferent
When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min45-120 minAs needed30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-84-153-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesPostmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline
Tagsno overlap
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
IncidentOperationsReliability
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
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