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| Criterion |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Systems Thinking Theory of Constraints Thinking Process |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | The Theory of Constraints Thinking Process exposes a system's bottleneck and the logic behind it. It suits situations where many symptoms trace back to the same limiting relationship. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 60-120 min | 0.5-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Current Reality Logic, Conflict Cloud, Future Reality Tree, Implementation Obstacles |
Tagsno overlap | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | Theory of ConstraintsConstraintsSystems thinkingCausality |
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