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Criterion
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Purposedifferent
The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
60-120 min8-15 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-81-106-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
Tagsno overlap
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Product Strategy
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Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Innovation
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