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A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Purposedifferent
When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture