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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.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.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHighLow
Timedifferent
Half day1-5 Tage2-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Nutzertraffic3-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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