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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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 early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20–45 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-8Small cross-functional group3-123-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte ShortlistLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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