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Criterion
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Purposedifferent
When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-4 Wochen2-4 h15-60 min je Zyklus
Participantsdifferent
1-86-30 Experten3-81-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates
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VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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