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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h pro Pattern | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 6-30 Experten | 1-6 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |