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Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Purposedifferent
Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-123-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Polarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsPostmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for Incident Timeline Analysis.
DevOps
Incident Timeline Analysis
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review