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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
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.Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.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
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hMehrere Wochen1 Tag bis mehrere WochenHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-82-6 researchers plus sample4-1010-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsDesired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypothesesProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
InnovationPrototypeResearch
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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