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Paper illustration for Teach-back.
Knowledge Modeling
Teach-back
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Purposedifferent
Teach-back checks whether an explanation actually got through to the other person. The method makes misunderstandings visible early and strengthens shared understanding in advisory and learning situations.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
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Timedifferent
5-20 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-63-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Understanding Check, Clarification Notes, Learning GapsMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
Tagsno overlap
LearningUnderstandingCommunication
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem