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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
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.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-124-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
StrategyMetricsExecution
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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis