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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
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.When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-2 h60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-202-103-102-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesRadar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
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