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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Wardley Mapping |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Wardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution Notes | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tagsno overlap | StrategySystems thinkingDynamics | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |