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Criterion
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf dayMehrere Tage bis Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-122-63-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesLeverage Map, Action StrategyMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsSystem Map, Dependencies, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
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