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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment | ![]() Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree | ![]() Facilitation Expectation Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 2-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |
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