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Criterion
Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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.
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HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage45-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
4-122-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation PlanAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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ChangeSystems thinkingCapability
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
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Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
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