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Criterion
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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.Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h2-4 hHalf day
Participantsdifferent
1-53-123-83-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListSystem Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsLeverage Map, Action Strategy
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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