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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
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
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.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-30 min15-45 min30–45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-82-81-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsHMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
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