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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Systems Thinking Theory of Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | Theory of Change translates a desired impact into a traceable chain of change. It makes assumptions, intermediate goals, and measurement points visible before a program is rolled out at scale. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-120 min | 30-90 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Theory of Change Map, Assumptions, Outcome Measures |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ImpactOutcomesSystems thinkingStrategy |