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Criterion
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
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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 Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-102-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding