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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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 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.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
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend2-4 h20-45 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-81-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key EventsConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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