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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.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
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Timedifferent
1-3 h2-6 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-123-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
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 for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis