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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  DevOps Game Day |  Operations ALPEN Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | 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. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 30-90 min | Halber Tag | 10-20 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 5-20 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Simulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated Runbooks | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | ResilienceOperationsIncident | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations |