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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 Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
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 search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min8-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-121-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte ShortlistSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming