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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
Half day30-90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
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Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
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Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
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