Develop a Causal Loop Diagram Workflow for Developing a Causal Loop Diagram: 

• Identify the most significant variables in your system. This can include stakeholders, raw material sources, production facilities, disposal sites, etc. A helpful place to begin is to think about the systemic context your technology (topic) is being deployed in. How does the system behave without the technology? How will the technology positively and negatively impact the structure and dynamics of the system? 

• Where one exists, identify the relationship between variables including important detnils such as direction of influence. Is the influence between variables A and B. for example, unilateral? Bilateral? Does A act proportionally on B(e.g., as A increases, so does B or, as A decreases so does B)? Inversely? Indicate the direction of influence using positive (+) and negative (-) signs respectively, Go through this process in each instance where there is a causal relationship between variables. 

• Identify feedback loops and classify/label these as either reinforcing or balancing loops. 

• Review your causal loop diagram for any system archetypes - do you see any familiar pattems? If so, identify these. 

• Are there any feedback delays? These are important to identify when thinking about the dynamics of the system as well as potential leverage points,