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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Wardley Mapping | ![]() Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation | ![]() Product Strategy DIBB | ![]() Systems Thinking Stock and Flow Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | A Stock and Flow Diagram shows how stocks, inflows, and outflows shape a system over time. It is especially suited when growth, delays, or capacity limits determine the dynamics. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 1-2 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Wardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution Notes | Simulation Model, Scenario Reports | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Stock and Flow Model, Dynamics Notes, Simulation Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | StrategySystems thinkingDynamics | Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | DynamicsSimulationFeedbackSystems thinking |



