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UX Design
Design Studio
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Agile
Working Agreements
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Agile
Ideal Days
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 collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min15-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-122-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
TeamCollaborationAgile
EstimationEffortAgile
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