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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufendHalf day45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalLeverage Map, Action StrategyAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test