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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping | ![]() Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree | ![]() Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 2-6 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |
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