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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
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HighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
2-4 hAs needed2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-84-153-8
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
Tagsno overlap
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
IncidentOperationsReliability
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
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