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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsRAID Log, Status Report SourceKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
KnowledgeMappingRisk
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree