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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min60–90 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-82-84-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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