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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min1-2 h Setup30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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FlowMeasurementConstraints
FacilitationOptionsDecision
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
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