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Criterion
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Purposedifferent
A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage PointsRAID Log, Status Report SourceCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
Tagsno overlap
FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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Stock and Flow Diagram method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Stock and Flow Diagram
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture