Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result by performing empathy-based research, defining the problem, and testing and iterating with users.
Core question: Which real user problem is worth solving, and which solution idea survives a test with real users?
FrameworkMethod form: Framework. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen
4-10
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns starting assumptions, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result by defining scope, filling the nine blocks, and developing alternatives.
Core question: How does the business model create, deliver, and capture value, and which assumptions should be checked first?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
2-8
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InnovationCategory: Innovation. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result by mapping the challenge, sketching solutions, and testing with users.
Core question: What solution sketch for the core sprint question yields a testable prototype in four days that can be tested with real users on Day 5?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
4-5 Tage
5-8
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining the competitive factors, drawing the current value curve, and testing a new value curve.
Core question: Which competitive factors can we reduce or eliminate, which can we raise or create, in order to build a distinct value curve?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-4 h
3-10
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InnovationCategory: Innovation. Describes the method's domain of use.
Alternating divergent and convergent phases keep problem framing and solution design visibly separated for product work.
Core question: What framed problem and what implemented solution does the team deliver through deliberate divergence and convergence across two diamonds?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
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3-12
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InnovationCategory: Innovation. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result by defining the problem and dimensions, collecting alternatives per dimension, and working out compelling concepts.
Core question: Which novel solution combinations emerge when all relevant dimensions of the problem are systematically cross-combined?
Workshop methodMethod form: Workshop method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-8
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InnovationCategory: Innovation. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies ideas, open questions, and testable next steps by framing the contradiction, identifying improving and worsening factors, and checking feasibility.
Core question: Which inventive principles resolve the identified contradiction, and which concrete concepts emerge when these principles are applied to the problem?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-4 h
2-8
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InnovationCategory: Innovation. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result by naming the improvement goal, stating the worsening side effect, and refining and testing solution ideas.
Core question: Which improvement causes which downside, and which assumption makes the contradiction appear unavoidable?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
60-120 min
2-8
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Product DiscoveryCategory: Product Discovery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Quantifies customer desired outcomes for a job and identifies underserved needs as innovation opportunities.
Core question: Which desired outcomes are important and insufficiently fulfilled for which customer segments, and where is the largest quantitative innovation lever?
Research methodMethod form: Research method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
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2-6 Researcher und Sample
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InnovationCategory: Innovation. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result by choosing an object or problem, working through SCAMPER questions, and prioritizing concepts.
Core question: Which of the seven variations of the existing object creates an idea that reaches the goal better than the original?
Workshop methodMethod form: Workshop method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-60 min
2-10
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Structures current business, emerging growth fields, and future options across three horizons so portfolio decisions can balance today, tomorrow, and later.
Core question: How is the current initiative portfolio distributed across the three horizons, which imbalances become visible, and which reallocation secures both today and tomorrow?
Planning toolMethod form: Planning tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.