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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration for Impact Filter
Decision Making
Impact Filter
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.With new ideas or requests, the conversation often turns to solutions too early and to effect too little. An Impact Filter forces the initiative into an effect perspective and checks whether it creates a relevant difference.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-81-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesImpact Filter, Success Criteria, Next Step
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
ImpactOutcomesFramingDecision
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Lean UX Canvas with its method-specific working model.
UX Design
Lean UX Canvas
Paper illustration for Theory of Change
Systems Thinking
Theory of Change
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop