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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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.When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.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.When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-30 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
3-8310-503-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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