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Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Purposedifferent
The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-120 min15-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-101-31-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleRAID Log, Status Report Source
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ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis