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| Criterion |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | 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. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 15-200 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationOptionsDecision | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | DecisionTreeOptions |