Beauty and the Beast Cloud Example
Example Cloud for reference for Blog entries.
The cloud below reflects a conflict from a popular movie. I'll use it as a reference on how clould should be used and examined.
Comments should be directed to one of the entities
Situation:
In the movie, Beauty and the Beast, Belle finds herself faced with a conflict. She has just escaped from the Beast and his castle, but on the way back to her village, she is attack by vicious wolves. The Beast has appeared from nowhere to save her and driven off the wolves, saving her life. But he has been injured, and has collapsed unconscious on the icy ground. Should she get on her horse and leave the Beast to die, or take the Beast back to his castle.

In order to A I must B because...
The beast has imprisoned my father and has been mean to me.
In order to B I must D because...
The beast will probably imprison me if I do not leave.
The Beast will be angry with me for leaving his castle.
In order to A I must C because...
I will not be able to live with myself if I intentionally cause someone to die.
My father will be upset if the Beast dies, even if he was imprisoned by the creature.I need a predictable cash flow to reduce the money stress on my family.
In order to C I must D' because...
I will not be able to live with myself if I let someone who save me from death die in turn because of my actions.
I can not do D and D' because...
I cannot both leave the Beast in the woods and take him with me.
Reserve your comments to each one of the assumptions or one of the boxes - no whining. complaining or sniping!
Comments
I have an entity existence reservation. Was Belle really concerned with cash flow and CG pay? Some of the entities in the beast example are text from the Goldratt Consulting example.
Posted by: John McLaren | November 10, 2006 06:50 PM