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Criterion
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Purposedifferent
When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.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.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min30-60 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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