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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 for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.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.
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1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-120 min1-2 h
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4-103-82-8
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
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InnovationPrototypeResearch
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint