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| Criterion |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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 decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | DecisionTreeOptions |