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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting | ![]() Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud | ![]() Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping | ![]() Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |



