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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping | ![]() Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree | ![]() Operations ALPEN Method | ![]() Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 2-4 h | 10-20 min daily | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 1 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |



