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Criterion
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-121-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesPostmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review