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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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.Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend1-3 h1-3 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-123-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalSystem Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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