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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Agile ROAM Board |  Systems Thinking Soft Systems Methodology |  Decision Making Red Teaming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 0.5-3 Tage | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-15 | 5-15 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | ROAM Board, Owner List | Rich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change Agenda | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking | RiskDecisionSensemaking |