Incident Management Practical By Samson Tanimawo, PhD Published Dec 13, 2025 4 min read

Incident Tool Fatigue

Too many tools become noise. The signs and the simplification.

Signs

Engineers complain about context-switching.

Overlap: same data in multiple tools.

Tools used during last 5 incidents. Map who used what when.

Drop tools that aren't used.

Aim for ≤ 6 tools in the incident workflow.

Beyond that, fatigue dominates.