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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Troika Consulting |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time. | When someone needs to sort out a concrete work problem, Troika Consulting offers fast peer consulting with a tight focus. The method brings perspectives together without taking responsibility out of the person's hands. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-45 min | 2-6 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-30 | 3-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer Insights | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationCoachingLearning | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability |