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UX Design
Design Studio
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
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Agile
Example Mapping
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.With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-30 min30–45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-831-103-7
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsHMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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