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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
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.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-81-101-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
SensemakingDecisionRationale
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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