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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 Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
KnowledgeMappingRisk
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree