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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Operations Root Cause Tree Analysis |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  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 problem with several suspected causes, the method builds a causal structure instead of a mere list. It makes visible how causes connect and where the strongest points of leverage lie. | When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Cause Tree, Evidence Notes, Countermeasures | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | Root causeTreeIncidentQuality | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | Root causeQualityVisualization |