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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Operations Weekly Review |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  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. | In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable. | 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 method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 30-60 min | 2-4 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 1 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | ProductivityExecutionPlanning | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |