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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Theory of Constraints Thinking Process | ![]() Product Discovery Experiment Canvas | ![]() Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Theory of Constraints Thinking Process exposes a system's bottleneck and the logic behind it. It suits situations where many symptoms trace back to the same limiting relationship. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 0.5-3 Tage | 30-60 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-5 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current Reality Logic, Conflict Cloud, Future Reality Tree, Implementation Obstacles | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsConstraintsSystems thinkingCausality | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality |
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