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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause 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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-83-103-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming