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294 curated methods

The method collection for better decisions

Curated methods for product, UX, strategy, architecture, and delivery. Search, compare, and find the right method with transparent rules.

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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.

Design Thinking

Innovation

Brings research, problem statement, prototype, and test learnings into a continuous learning loop.

Which real user problem is worth solving, and which solution idea survives a test with real users?

HighWorkshop1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen
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EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.

EventStorming

Domain Modeling

Makes domain knowledge visible as a chronological wall of events, from domain events through commands to bounded contexts.

Which business events, triggers, and boundaries shape the flow, and where do friction, risk, or learning needs arise?

MediumWorkshop2-8 h
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Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.

Scrum

Agile

Product Backlog, Sprint Goal, Increment, and retrospective loops create a repeatable cadence for complex product work.

How does the Scrum Team create a usable Increment every Sprint and learn from outcome and ways of working?

MediumWorkshop + async1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend
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Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.

Customer Journey Mapping

UX Research

Bundles phases, emotions, and pain points along a journey to prioritize opportunities and critical moments.

How does this group experience the chosen scenario across its phases, and where would learning or improvement help?

MediumWorkshop2-4 h
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Paper illustration of Working Backwards with its method-specific working model.

Working Backwards

Product Discovery

A future press release and FAQ force customer value, launch story, objections, and evidence into one reviewable artifact.

What concrete customer benefit would make credible news, and which questions must be answered before building?

MediumWorkshop + async4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.

Impact Mapping

Product Strategy

Converts goals into actors, behavior changes, and delivery options, showing which steps have leverage.

Why does the goal matter, who can influence it, how should behavior change and what could support it?

MediumWorkshop45-90 min
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Michael Meierhoff
Who is behind methodatlas

Curated by Michael Meierhoff

Software and enterprise architect with a systems-thinking background. methodatlas brings together methods, frameworks, and decision heuristics that prove useful in product discovery, architecture work, strategy, and delivery. Personally curated, source-backed, and continuously improved.

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methodatlas is a curated method catalog for people who regularly facilitate workshops, discover products, design architectures, or plan delivery. Instead of searching for every method from scratch, you get structured entries with purpose, flow, ideal contexts, and alternatives.

Methods are included based on proven practice, compatibility with other methods, and clarity. Each method includes source links to original or credible references.

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