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Criterion
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
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.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minAs neededHalber Tag bis 2 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-124-1515-2003-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsPostmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
IncidentOperationsReliability
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
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