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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Operations Change Analysis |  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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise. | 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 | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Half day | 45-120 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-12 | 2-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |