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Criterion
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 Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-120 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-62-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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