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Criterion
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-120 min1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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