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Criterion
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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.After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
60-120 min30-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-103-123-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsPostmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis