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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Rich Picture | ![]() Systems Thinking Future 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 Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tags1 shared | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |
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