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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  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. | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | 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 | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-8 h | 30-60 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations | Root causeQualityOperations | Root causeQualityVisualization |