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Criterion
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
As needed45-90 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Incident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
IncidentOperationsReliability
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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