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Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.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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2-4 h2-4 h2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
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Change Analysis