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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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.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.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
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-83-121-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ChangeDecisionStrategy
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
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Cynefin Workshop
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette