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A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Purposedifferent
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.When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
4-5 Tage30-60 min je InterviewHalbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ
Participantsdifferent
5-85-10 Interviews3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleSolution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesHorizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan
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Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
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