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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Incident Timeline Analysis.
DevOps
Incident Timeline Analysis
Purposedifferent
The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.For an incident with an unclear sequence, the method makes the timeline precisely visible. It separates perception, reaction, and delay so cause and effect become more clearly readable.
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LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-60 min15-45 min60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
11-33-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesADR File, Decision Log, RationaleIncident Timeline, Evidence Log, Delay Analysis, Improvement Actions
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LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
IncidentTimelineSite Reliability Engineering
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Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS