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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 Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
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.Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data.
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1 Tag bis mehrere WochenStunden bis wenige Tage
Participantsdifferent
4-101-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
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Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsPretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision
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InnovationPrototypeResearch
ValidationDemandMVP
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A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation