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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Purposedifferent
When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-90 min2-8 hAs needed
Participantsdifferent
4-103-122-84-15
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentPostmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk PlanIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder Updates
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
IncidentOperationsReliability
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