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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.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.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-610-503-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
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