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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend20-45 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)1-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key EventsConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Archetypes
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Iceberg Model method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Iceberg Model