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Criterion
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UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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 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 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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-180 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-84-201-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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