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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-121-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop