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Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring.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.For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 hAs needed2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-64-152-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Family Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic MeasuresIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesBarrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog
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Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic
IncidentOperationsReliability
Root causeSafetyIncident
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Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT Analysis
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis