Product Description

What are the Core Activities of System Design?

The Core Activities of System Design are five activities that together ensure end-to-end delivery and connect strategy with operations. They are part of the Flight Levels thinking and design model — a general approach, not only for scaled agile environments.

The five activities form a continuous cycle: you define what matters, make the current situation visible, focus on finishing the right things, establish the interactions that keep people aligned, and turn insight into real improvement.

The five activities

1. Define and measure outcomes — We measure impact — not activity.
2. Visualize the situation — We make work and workflows visible — to see clearly where we stand.
3. Create focus — We focus on getting the right things done — so that value is created.
4. Establish agile interactions — We ensure that the right people have the right conversations at the right time.
5. Improve — We put improvement into action — because talking alone changes nothing.

Who is this for?

• Teams and organizations that want to improve their delivery capabilities
• Flight Levels Coaches and Facilitators
• Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters thinking beyond team level
• Leaders connecting strategy with operations

What's in the package?

Card Set (5 cards, PDF)

Five activity cards, each with:

• The activity title
• A purpose sentence that states what the activity is really about
• Three key points for practical application

Individual Card Images (5 × PNG, transparent)

Each card as a transparent PNG at 3000 px width — ready to drop into slides, boards, posters, or your own materials.

For reference (free): The full online documentation for these activities — purpose, how it works, why it matters, and examples — is freely available on the website, not exclusive to this package: https://worksystems.design/essentials/practices/core-activities-of-system-design

Delivery & Access

Delivery method: Digital download (ZIP archive) + online documentation

Included formats:

• 1 PDF document (all 5 cards, print-optimized)
• 5 transparent PNGs (3000 px wide)
• Release Notes (Markdown)