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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-82-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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