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Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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 a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
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Timedifferent
2-6 hMehrere Tage bis Wochen30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-63-12
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
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Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
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Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis