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Criterion
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Stock and Flow Diagram method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Stock and Flow Diagram
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.A Stock and Flow Diagram shows how stocks, inflows, and outflows shape a system over time. It is especially suited when growth, delays, or capacity limits determine the dynamics.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
1-81-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleStock and Flow Model, Dynamics Notes, Simulation Hypotheses
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SensemakingDecisionRationale
DynamicsSimulationFeedbackSystems thinking
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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration of System Dynamics Simulation with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics Simulation
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
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Behavior Over Time Graph
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop