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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
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Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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
1-3 h45-120 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-62-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
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Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing