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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Systems Thinking Theory of Constraints Thinking Process |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | The Theory of Constraints Thinking Process exposes a system's bottleneck and the logic behind it. It suits situations where many symptoms trace back to the same limiting relationship. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 0.5-3 Tage | 30-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Current Reality Logic, Conflict Cloud, Future Reality Tree, Implementation Obstacles | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | Theory of ConstraintsConstraintsSystems thinkingCausality | DecisionTreeOptions | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |