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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.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
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down10-20 min dailyHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-82-4 pro Pitch110-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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