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| Criterion |  DevOps Incident Command |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Operations Learning 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. | 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. | After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | As needed | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-15 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Incident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder Updates | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | IncidentOperationsReliability | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations |