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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |