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Criterion
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Purposedifferent
With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min30-90 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-52-102-103-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesRadar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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