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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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 a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.
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Timedifferent
2-4 h2-8 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-85-123-12
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
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Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
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Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
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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
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map