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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
Paper illustration of Double Diamond with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Double Diamond
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
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 complex problems with a fuzzy situation, the method cleanly separates search space and decision. It first creates breadth in understanding and then focus in elaboration. This brings open questions, problem definition, and solution path into a traceable movement.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1 Tag bis mehrere WochenWochen bis Monate1-4 Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-103-126-30 Experten2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsProblem Statement, Solution Options, Prototypes, Deliverables per PhaseExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
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InnovationPrototypeResearch
ProcessDivergenceInnovation
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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