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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Operations Learning Review |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Facilitation Barcamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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. | 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. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-10 | 3-12 | 15-200 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | FacilitationLarge groupLearning |