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Criterion
Paper illustration of a horizontal story map with an activity backbone, task cards below it and a cross-map release line.
Product Discovery
User Story Mapping
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Purposedifferent
When user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut.A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-102-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog CandidatesCausal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap
BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP
FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics
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Stock and Flow Diagram method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Stock and Flow Diagram
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Archetypes