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Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
Purposedifferent
When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.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.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-122-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsPostmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
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RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving