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Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
ChatOps workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
ChatOps
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
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Mehrere Tage bis WochenOngoing2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-62-203-10
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsChat Transcript, Action Log, AutomationsEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
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Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
CollaborationEngineeringIncident
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Family Tree Analysis
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree