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Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Purposedifferent
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.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.
Complexitysame
HighHigh
Timedifferent
2-6 h1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-84-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasProblem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings
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Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
InnovationPrototypeResearch
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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.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint