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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
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.For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h1 h bis mehrere Wochen2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-81-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsPDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard ChangeEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree