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Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Purposedifferent
Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
0.5-3 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaRAID Log, Status Report SourceRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
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Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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