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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | ICE Table, Top Idea List | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |