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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h60-120 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-102-81-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
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