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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|
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. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas |
Tags1 shared | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality |
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