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Criterion
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Purposedifferent
Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere WochenHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1210-504-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMetricsExecution
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
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