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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Purposedifferent
For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen30-90 min60-120 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-101-64-102-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
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InnovationPrototypeResearch
DecisionTreeOptions
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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