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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | 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 | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality |
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