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| Criterion |  Business Strategy VMGS |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-120 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, Strategies | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | VisionGoalsStrategy | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality |
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