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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h8-15 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
SensemakingDecisionRationale
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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