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Criterion
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
2-6 h30 min Setup, dann laufend2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasRAID Log, Status Report SourceEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
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Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis