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| Criterion |  DevOps Incident Command |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Operations After-Action Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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 missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | As needed | 30-90 min | 5-15 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-15 | 3-12 | 1-5 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Incident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder Updates | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary |
Tagsno overlap | IncidentOperationsReliability | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | StartupValidationCompetition | LearningOperationsImprovement |