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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.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
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-180 min1-4 Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-84-201-61-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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