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Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.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
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
45-120 min2-6 h
Participantssame
3-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
Tagsno overlap
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
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Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
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