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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current 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.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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
Half day45-120 min1-4 Wochen2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-66-30 Experten3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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