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Criterion
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Purposedifferent
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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
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