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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Wardley Mapping with its core stages and visible working result.
Systems Thinking
Wardley Mapping
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
Wardley Mapping makes visible where an offering stands today and where it can evolve. The method connects user need, value chain, and evolution stages into a strategic basis for platform, build, or buy decisions.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.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
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Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-102-53-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Wardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution NotesA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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StrategySystems thinkingDynamics
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process