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Criterion
Game Day workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Game Day
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
In preparing for rare incidents, the method tests response capability under controlled conditions. It shows where assumptions about stability, roles, and recovery are too optimistic.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag1-3 hAs needed1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Simulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated RunbooksIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
ResilienceOperationsIncident
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
IncidentOperationsReliability
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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