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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
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.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30-90 min0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)1-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options
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AgileIterationCadence
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology