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| Criterion |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation Barcamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 15-200 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationOptionsDecision | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationLarge groupLearning |