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Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
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.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.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
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MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h2-6 h1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
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Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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