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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.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.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min10-20 min daily2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-813-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
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Systems Thinking
Theory of Change
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
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Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
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