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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 2-4 h | 1-5 Tage | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 3-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |