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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 many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
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 a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-30 min30–45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-81-102-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsHMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsSCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
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