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Criterion
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Purposedifferent
In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHighLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage45-90 min1-4 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
10-502-83-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
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BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
RiskDecisionSensemaking
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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