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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Purposedifferent
Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs.When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 hMehrere Wochen30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-6 researchers plus sample1-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsDesired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypothesesStoryboard, Concept Narrative, Testable Assumptions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
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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.
Innovation
Design Thinking
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping