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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Purposedifferent
When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
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Timedifferent
60-90 min1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen4-5 Tage2-8 h
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4-104-105-82-8
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
InnovationPrototypeResearch
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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