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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.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 h60-120 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-122-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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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 Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test