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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
2-4 h1-4 Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-86-30 Experten2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes
Tagsno overlap
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
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