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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Operations Scatter Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | When the question is whether two measures are related, the method makes patterns in the data picture visible. It separates felt correlations from relationships that actually show up in the data. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-6 Wochen | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 5-30 | 4-10 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | Root causeQualityVisualization |