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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration of System Dynamics Simulation with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics Simulation
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.System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports.
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MediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 hMehrere Tage bis Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-81-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage PointsSimulation Model, Scenario Reports
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FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics
Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis
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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
Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Archetypes