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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
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45-90 min45-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-83-103-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
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Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram