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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend2-6 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective ActionsCausal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics
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Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Stock and Flow Diagram method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Stock and Flow Diagram
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis