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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
Half day15-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-121-31-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyADR File, Decision Log, RationaleRAID Log, Status Report SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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