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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  DevOps Game Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | 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. | In preparing for rare incidents, the method tests response capability under controlled conditions. It shows where assumptions about stability, roles, and recovery are too optimistic. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | Halber Tag |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 3-8 | 3-12 | 5-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Simulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated Runbooks |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FailureResilienceRisk | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | ResilienceOperationsIncident |