3sets Diagnostic Canvas

45–90 min · Team / individual

Twelve fields, one order, one rule of thumb: read fields 9 and 10 back-to-back — does the word "because" make sense? The canvas guides you from trigger through set analysis to intervention.

Shows: Complete diagnosis on one page

When to use: When a complete diagnosis is needed. As the central tool in workshops and coaching sessions.

Progress

0 of 12 fields filled

1. Trigger

What is the observable problem?

2. Context

Clear, complicated, complex, or chaotic?

3. Symptom

How do we notice it concretely?

4. Affected outcome

Which dimension? Quality, speed, cost, satisfaction, learning?

5. Tool-Set

Which tools, processes, or structures limit us?

6. Skill-Set

Which abilities or routines are missing?

7. Mind-Set

Which attitude, fear, or assumption is constraining?

8. Weakest set

Which set constrains most right now?

9. Cause

Phrased as a relationship: "We suspect that …, because …"

10. Intervention

Which small action do we test first?

11. Measure

How do we recognize impact in 2–4 weeks?

12. Review

Date, owner, lessons.

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