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| Criterion |  DevOps Incident Command |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | As needed | 45-60 min | 5-15 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-15 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Incident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder Updates | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline |
Tagsno overlap | IncidentOperationsReliability | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StartupValidationCompetition | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability |