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| Criterion |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  DevOps ChatOps |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 5-15 min | Ongoing | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-5 | 2-20 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Chat Transcript, Action Log, Automations | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline | StartupValidationCompetition | CollaborationEngineeringIncident | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality |