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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-121-62-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
DecisionTreeOptions
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
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