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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Fault Isolation.
Engineering
Fault Isolation
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-180 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-64-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsFault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault AreaIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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