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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-64-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
DecisionTreeOptions
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
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