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| Criterion |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 15-45 min | 60-120 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tagsno overlap | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |