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Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
As needed1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-153-20 Reviewer1-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Incident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
IncidentOperationsReliability
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop