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Criterion
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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.Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.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
MediumMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage1-3 hHalf day30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
10-503-123-123-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionSystem Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsLeverage Map, Action StrategyStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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