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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |