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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. | 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 | Medium | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | Half day | 1-3 h pro Pattern | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |