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Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesRAID Log, Status Report SourceKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
KnowledgeMappingRisk
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology