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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen45-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-86-30 Experten3-1210-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ChangeDecisionStrategy
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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